Egg-boiler



PATENTEDIJAN. 19,1904.

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' UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EGG-BOILER.

Si P EOIFI G ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,072, dated. January 19, 1904.

Application filed September 5, 1903. Serial No. 172,073. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J oHN'ANDEnsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Boilers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in' egg-boilers wherein I provide positive means for removing the eggs from the water at the desired time. It consists of improved means to this end.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth. I

Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation and partial sectional view of an egg-boiler embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on line mm, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a partial sectional view and partial elevation of a portion of the device on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 represents a partial sectional view and partial plan view of a portion of the device on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of the dial employed, the same being shown on a reduced.

scale. Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an egg-boiler embodying my invention, the same consisting of the frame 2, with the cross-piece 3 and the depending arm 4, which is provided with the ear or extension 5. Suitably mounted in the ear 5 and cross-piece 3 is a plunger 6, to which is secured the sleeve 7, having the head 8 thereon, and between which latter and the extension 5 is a spring 9, said plunger 6 being provided with the recess 10 at a suitable point,

while the lower portion of the plunger is provided with a-receptacl e 11, having a perforation 12 in its bottom. Suitably mounted in' the ears 13 on the cross-piece 3 is the latch 14, which can be moved back and forth in the said ears and has the catch 15, adapted to enter the recess 10 in the plunger 6, said latch being provided with a spring 16 for holding the same in normal position and likewise having an ear or extension 17 thereon.

. 18 designates a casing suitably supported on the frame 2, which carries ashaft 19, to which is connected the arm 20, which is provided with the tooth 21, which is adapted to contact at the proper time with the lug 17 on the latch 14, said shaft 19 being suitably spring-actuated.

. 22designates a bell which is'suitably con- I nected or supported adjacent the plunger 6 and which is connected in any suitable manner therewith in order that the same can be sounded at the proper time. In the present instance I have shown a lever 23, moving in the slot 24 in the plunger and suitably connected with the sounding device or hell. The front of the casing is provided with a dial 25 with suitable notation thereon.

. In the drawings I have shown areceptacle 26 connected with the frame 2 and which is adapted to receive the water, although of course it will be understood that the particular form and manner of connecting the recep tacle need not be employed.

27 designates a guide adapted to bear against the plunger and hold the same in proper position; A portion of said plunger which contacts with said guide 27 is formed flat, as at 28,which prevents the plunger from turning.

The operationis as follows: The eggs are placed in the receptacle 11, and the arm 20, which is provided with the handle 29 for ease of manipulation, is turned in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 6 to the point which will register with the notation on the dial indicating the amount of time it is desired that the eggs should be boiled. For example, it can be moved to the numeral 2, which will indicate that the eggs are to be boiled two minutes. The plunger 6 is depressed, it being noticed that the spring 16 forces over the catch 15 and plunger 14, so that when the recess 10 in the plunger is in line with said catch the same will enter the said recess and pre-' vent the plunger, and with it the receptacle 11, from being raised. At the same time the lever 23 is depressed into the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the spring 9 is compressed. By reason of suitable mechanism within the casing 18, which may be, for example, a spring, the arm 20 is moved back to' ward its normal position, the movement of said arm being so arranged as to employ the amount of time indicated. When the tooth 21, which is carried by the arm 20, reaches the lug 17 on the plunger 14:, it moves the same back in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, which releases the catch from the recess 10, and the spring 9 immediately forces up the plunger 6 and the receptacle 11, so that the eggs are removed from the water in the receptacle 26, and the water escapes from the receptacle 11 through the openings or perforations 12. At the same time the lever 23 is elevated and causes the bell 22 to be sounded, thus giving notice that the eggs are boiled.

From the above it will be understood that after the plunger is depressed and the arm set at the desired time the eggs will be automatically removed from the cooking medium without any further attention on the part of the operator, while at the same time he is audibly notified upon the completion.

The particular advantage of my device lies in its simplicity in that the hand by which the tripping device is withdrawn is at the same time the index which moves on the dial by which the time is determined and that it also has attached to it a handle by which the spring- 3 actuating arm is wound up. Instead of sepacome within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A11 egg-boiler comprising a hot-water receptacle, a frame connected therewith, a plunger-rod vertically movable in said frame, an egg-receptacle secured to said rod, a spring exterior of said water-receptacle and adapted to raise said plunger-rod, a latch on said frame engaging with said rod, a dial and a springactuated hand movable on said dial and adapted to withdraw said latch whereby said raising-spring is permitted to lift said egg-receptacle from the water.

2. An egg-boiler comprising a hot-water receptacle, a frame connected therewith, a plunger-rod vertically movable in said frame, an egg-receptacle secured to said rod, a spring exterior of said water-receptacle and adapted to raise said plunger-rod, a latch on said frame engaging with said rod, a dial, a spring-actuated hand movable on said dial and adapted to withdraw said latch whereby said raisingspring is permitted to lift said egg-receptacle from the water and a handle on said hand for rotating same to wind the spring by which it is actuated.

JOHN ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM, G. D. McVAY. 

